LEARN THE HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL AIRMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

During the mid-1930s and prior to World War II, a group of individuals came together in Chicago, Illinois to form an organization that actively pursued and set the stage for the participation of African Americans in aviation and aeronautics. Under the leadership of Cornelius R. Coffey, Willa B. Brown, and Enoch P. Waters, the National Negro Airmen’s Association of America was formed with the express purpose of stimulating interest in aviation and bringing about a better understanding of aeronautics.